"Thus it is said that one who knows the enemy and knows himself will not be endangered in a hundred engagements."
Sun Tzu, The Art of War.

War on Terrorism

Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Combined Force Detains Haqqani Facilitator

From
an International Security Assistance Force Joint Command News Release

KABUL, Afghanistan, May 22, 2012 – An
Afghan and coalition security force detained a Haqqani facilitator and several
additional insurgents during an operation in the Bak district of Afghanistan’s
Khost province today, military officials reported.

The facilitator had supplied weapons,
ammunition and improvised explosive devices to insurgents for attacks against
Afghan and coalition troops throughout the district, officials said.

In other Afghanistan operations today:

-- A combined force discovered a weapons
cache containing 440 pounds of explosives, multiple pressure-plate detonation
devices, and various improvised explosive device-making components in the
Nahr-e Saraj district of Helmand province. The cache was destroyed.

-- A combined force discovered a cache
containing about 1,500 pounds of explosives in the Musa Khel district of Khost
province. Security forces destroyed the cache.

In May 18 operations:

-- A combined force discovered an
IED-making facility containing 110 pounds of explosives, three anti-personnel
mines, eight detonators, and one rocket-propelled grenade in the Kajaki
district of Helmand province. The combined force also discovered a drug cache
that contained 24 pounds of wet opium and 2,002 pounds of poppy seed. All of
the narcotics, explosives and IED-making components were destroyed.